Saturday, February 12, 2005
Kuwait: Three years jail proposed for misuse of Bluetooth
Kuwait Times via Blueserker reports that a senior member of parliament has proposed a draft law stipulating a jail term of between six months and three years for the misuse of the Bluetooth technology, especially in mobile phones, in invading personal privacy.
MP Mohammad Al-Khalifa suggested to add a new article to a 1976 law that governs the misuse of telephones to tease and abuse people.
He said certain people have been using the new technology to send audio-video recordings of "unwanted positions" of other people, especially women, which constitutes an invasion on personal privacy.
He said that the ease with which the Bluetooth technology is used has enabled persons with bad intentions to commit serious defamation crimes against innocent families and to spread "vice and immoral practices in the society".
Khalifa is a tribal MP from Jahra constituency where men and women are not allowed to mix at wedding parties and other social events."
[Via tEXTUALLY.org]
MP Mohammad Al-Khalifa suggested to add a new article to a 1976 law that governs the misuse of telephones to tease and abuse people.
He said certain people have been using the new technology to send audio-video recordings of "unwanted positions" of other people, especially women, which constitutes an invasion on personal privacy.
He said that the ease with which the Bluetooth technology is used has enabled persons with bad intentions to commit serious defamation crimes against innocent families and to spread "vice and immoral practices in the society".
Khalifa is a tribal MP from Jahra constituency where men and women are not allowed to mix at wedding parties and other social events."
[Via tEXTUALLY.org]
# posted by Unknown : Saturday, February 12, 2005
